Recently, Zhang Yibo, who lives in Gulou District, Fuzhou City, ushered in a happy event – he signed a contract with Jinniushan Community Home in Hongshan Town, Gulou District, and landed the first family pension bed in Gulou District.
“Thanks for this pilot work, it has solved my father’s big trouble!” Zhang Yibo’s son introduced that Zhang Yibo is nearly 80 years old and has been in and out of the hospital for the past 10 years due to various senile diseases. His brain was left with sequelae after surgery due to disease, and he could not take care of himself. He needed professional guidance for daily medication and health care, and it was inconvenient to go back and forth to the hospital frequently. In order to take care of his father, Mr. Zhang quit his job to take care of him full-time. “But I’m getting older myself, and I often feel powerless.” He said, it would be great if he could move the hospital bed to his home!
In October last year, Fuzhou was included in the first batch of pilot cities in the country to implement the home and community basic elderly care service improvement action project, the only one in the province, which brought a good opportunity for Mr. Zhang’s family to reduce the pressure on elderly care.
Mr. Zhang learned from the community that, as a pilot area, the Gulou District is building family pension beds. Recently, he signed a contract with Jinniushan Community Home. Since then, Zhang Yibo can enjoy professional nursing services such as professional nursing, remote consultation, and 24-hour emergency call response at home.
After signing the contract, Zhang Yibo had a special nurse who came to provide nursing services within the agreed time. The reporter saw that in the old man’s house, the nursing staff supported Zhang Yibo’s legs, checked his physical condition, asked “will it hurt here” from time to time, and assisted in carrying out functional exercises.
There is also a “Digital Caregiver” next to the bed. The technicians connected to the aging-suitable elderly companion speakers and instructed Mr. Zhang to operate and use them.
“This digital nurse can measure blood pressure and blood sugar for Zhang Yibo, record the data in real time, and analyze it. When he is unwell, his family can consult one-on-one with the medical staff through the speaker.” Related to the Civil Affairs Bureau of Gulou District According to the person in charge, it also has an emergency call function. Touching the screen or calling will automatically contact emergency contacts and service agencies. It is expected that by the end of February, 675 such family care beds will be built in Gulou District.
Represented by Gulou District, Fuzhou is currently promoting the construction of family pension beds with the support of national policies and special public welfare funds, and has completed the overall construction of the relevant work system.
Judging from the implementation of the 148 households that have signed contracts, the pilot program has been widely welcomed by citizens. “The construction of family pension beds is supported by professional elderly care institutions, with a 15-minute elderly care service circle as the radius and family as the basis, which can effectively solve the problems of the shortage of elderly care space in the central urban area and the lack of professionalization of home care services.” Fuzhou is responsible for According to the person, the pilot will carry out aging-appropriate transformation on the hardware, including the installation of remote video surveillance, emergency calls, etc., while the “soft service” includes 16 life nursing services and 10 professional nursing services.
At present, the pilot “family pension bed” does not charge a bed construction fee, and other professional services can be purchased on demand. If you are over 60 years old, with a monthly income of less than 3,266 yuan, and have been assessed as mildly disabled and above, you can also enjoy government subsidies. (Reporter Wu Xutao Correspondent Peng Hui)
Source: Fujian Daily